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Understand

Get in

Muang Khua can be reached from four directions: the Nam Ou river crosses through it from north to south, while the roads head east and west.

By road

To the west, lies the transit hub of Muang Xay. In the east, the road connects Muang Khua to the northenmost border crossing with Vietnam, near the Vietnamese city of Dien Bien Phu. Buses are supposed to leave daily now from Dien Bien Phu's bus station early in the morning. Travel time should be around 4-5 hours. The road is good quality to the Vietnamese border but it is still a bit of a bumpy journey from there to Dien Bien Phu.

By boat

Get around

Muang Khua can be covered by foot.

See

The bridge

Do

Buy

Be aware that Muang Khua does not have an ATM that accepts foreign cards. It is, however, possible to change dollars and baht. As of June 2012, there were two places in town that exchanged money at reasonable rate.